Objects entering combiner

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Sev S asked Jul 17, '21 Eric M commented Jul 23, '21

Objects entering combiner

Hello,

I'm a beginner but since i'm really interested in Flexsim i started a project and now im stuck :(

So basically i have a combiner in my model and as soon as seven little pink boxes are in the "Conveyor1" the combiner should take three boxes at once and pack it with another object.

The problem i have is the following :

When there is 7 boxes in my conveyor, 1 box enters the combiner. Then it waits until there is 7 boxes in the conveyor again to take the second box in. But i want "three boxes" to enter at the "same time" when there is at least 7 boxes in my "Conveyor1".

I've been searching for a solution for two weeks now but i didn't succeed.

Please find my model attached V2.fsm :)

Sorry for the english mistakes, it's not my mothertongue but i hope i'm clear.

Thank you in advance for your help,

Sevim

Software Version:

FlexSim 20.0.10

conveyorsystem combiner input

v2.fsm (53.2 KiB)

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Eric M commented · Jul 23, 2021 at 10:23 PM

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Answer 1 · 2021-07-19T08:34:43Z

Allister Wilson answered Jul 19, '21

Hello Sevim,

This is much easier to manage using process flow.

Attached is an example which performs the following logic in process flow :

close the combiner's input
wait for at least 7 items to be on the conveyor
open the combiner's input
wait for 3 items to enter the combiner through port 2
repeat

Let me know if you have any questions.

20210719_batched_input_with_threshold.fsm

20210719-batched-input-with-threshold.fsm (45.6 KiB)

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